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Recent Examples of padrone
Instead, much of this awkward English-language period piece focuses on peasants’ struggle to overthrow padrone control just after the First World War.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 June 2023
Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for padrone
Noun
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Stay At The Inn At Bald Head Island Let owners and innkeepers Gail and Dann Jackson spoil you with hospitality at this charming bed and breakfast located in Harbor Village.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
17 Oct. 2025
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The celebratory July 4 meal would certainly have kept the innkeeper, Daniel Smith, busy replenishing the finest bottles of Madeira from behind the locked bar—perhaps overhearing snippets of chatter among the delegates.—
Victoria Flexner,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Today, Tutivillus has become a thoroughly modern fiend, the patron demon of typographical errors.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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Robert then interrupted a restaurant conversation to pitch his services to patrons discussing the radio business, the story noted.—
Jim Walsh,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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According to Kelly, the building's landlord, CF BAT LIT LLC, is involved in the remediation process.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Nov. 2025
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Eric Adams is a landlord who owns enough in the metro area to make the question of his actual address a long-standing joke.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Padrone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/padrone. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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